Man charged in 2 stabbings

Published 3:30 pm, Tuesday, January 27, 2015

A Midland man was arrested Sunday for allegedly stabbing two other men after a dispute, according to court documents.

Randy Gutierrez, 19, was charged with two second-degree felonies of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was being held Tuesday on a $150,000 bond.

Midland police officers were called out to the 1900 block of Garden City Highway around 11:45 a.m. Sunday. The officers saw a large amount of blood and were notified that two men had been transported to the emergency room, according to the arrest affidavit.

One man had a knife wound to his abdomen and required surgery; the other man had a knife wound to the center of his neck, according to the affidavit.

The affidavit did not indicate what led officers to Gutierrez, who told a detective that he stabbed the two men after they began attacking one of his friends, according to the affidavit.

If convicted of the two second-degree felonies, Gutierrez faces up to 40 years in prison.